By admin 
Jun 2nd, 2025, 6:25 pm
Fans of King of the Hill and Parks and Recreation lost a legend today. Actor Jonathan Joss, who played Ken Hotate on Parks and voiced John Redcorn in King of the Hill, was shot and killed in San Antonio in an act of an alleged hate crime.
Joss and his husband reportedly went back to check the mail at their old home that the two still owned. According to Joss’ husband, their neighbor threatened them and it resulted in the neighbor shooting and fatally wounding Joss. Tristan Kern de Gonzales, Joss’ husband, posted on Joss’ Facebook page about the altercation.
“My husband Jonathan Joss and I were involved in a shooting while checking the mail at the site of our former home. That home was burned down after over two years of threats from people in the area who repeatedly told us they would set it on fire. We reported these threats to law enforcement multiple times and nothing was done,” Gonzales wrote.
The post goes on to say that the harassment that Gonzales and Joss faced was, in Gonzales’ eyes, “openly homophobic.” Gonzales shared that the couple returned to the home to find a skull of their former dog in their mailbox along with the pet’s harness. The couple were grieving over what they witnessed and Gonzales claims that a man approached them.
“He started yelling violent homophobic slurs at us. He then raised a gun from his lap and fired. Jonathan and I had no weapons. We were not threatening anyone. We were grieving. We were standing side by side. When the man fired Jonathan pushed me out of the way. He saved my life.” Gonzales ended his post with a powerful message: “He was murdered by someone who could not stand the sight of two men loving each other.”
Fans have been sharing their love for Joss and his work today.
This is a horrifying story and our hearts go out to Joss’ family and friends.
(featured image: NBC)
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